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Originally Posted by Xander
I never even understood why people asked that question nevermind any of the answers. What does it mean to be a dog? Well it means you're a dog... that's kind of cause and effect there. All else is individual in my opinion.
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Xander, if that was the case, there'd be no such thing as art.
Obviously there are patterns within human experience that can be tapped into and used as shorthand in communication.
(Case closed, to me.)
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What happened to the t-shirt with "been there, done that" on it? How many times do you need to feel something before it becomes and exercise in redundancy?
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I don't know, but it sounds like you don't live within your experiences, you're still keeping them at arm's length.
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Precisely. However if we end up languishing in some euphoric state then we are wasting the time we could have spent thinking... balance in all things.
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Well, I agree -- I can't afford a perpetual opiate high.
Consider me talking from the perspective of a lifelong detachment junkie who finally decided to engage and sees the point of it now.
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Hmm... yeah I guess that's true. I think I see it as more of a slippery slope and so I am cautious about stepping upon it less I hit the bottom before I can catch my grip.
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It's a rush, hon.
I was terrified for so long to give myself over to it, due to anxiety and loss of control, but I found I enjoyed my life much more when I did. (So it worked for me.)
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Errm may I just suggest you go by the label "complicated". Oddly enough it's less complicated.
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Hmm. Well, that's true. I'm
definitely complicated.